Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Wing, left
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks.
Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist

Erbstein 1884: 15th century.
Museum’s opinion 2013: France (Paris), c. 1320-1330

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two modern hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: gold (architectural details; crown; hair and beards; background; spandrels), red.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Comments
The hinges are decorated with a foliated motif and bird heads and the clasps with bearded heads.

Provenance
First mentioned in the inventory of the Ivory Room in the Grünes Gewölbe Museum in 1879.

Bibliography
J. G. T. Graesse, Beschreibender Catalog des k. Grünen Gewölbes, zu Dresden (Dresden, 1879), p. 31, no. 54.
J. and A. Erbstein, Das Königliche Grüne Gewölbe zu Dresden (Dresden, 1884), p. 18, no. 54.

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